The Irish Literary Theatre 1899-1901 -- Enter the players, 1902-1904 -- The Abbey Theatre 1904-1908 -- The professional theatre 1908-1914 -- The troubled years, 1914-1923 -- The Free State theatre 1923-1932 -- The new directorate 1932-1951 -- The years of exile, 1951-1966 -- The Abbey comes home, 1966-1969 -- The Abbey in the seventies